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Back to EpisodesThis Orchard Doesn't Look Like an Orchard (and it's full of Trios!)
Season 6
Episode 15
Published 3 years, 2 months ago
Description
A much-expanded edition of Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t is coming this summer. For sneak peeks and updates, and to be the first to know when it’s available, click here.
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Permaculture Orchard
We chat with orchardist Stefan Sobkowiak who replaced an organic apple orchard with a permaculture orchard at Miracle Farms.
We talk about:
- Why he prefers a permculture planting to a monoculture organic apple orchard
- How can an orchard be a permaculture?
- The system of “trios” he uses as a basic design unit
- Minimizing external inputs
- Using sheep in an orchard
- Timelines for establishing a permaculture orchard
- Using fruiting shrubs under trees
- Planting perennial flowers, herbs, and vegetables underneath fruiting shrubs
When it comes to the idea of permaculture, Sobkowiak says, “It’s just applied common sense.”
A much-expanded edition of Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t is coming this summer. For sneak peeks and updates, and to be the first to know when it’s available, click here.